libel
verb/ˈlaɪbl/
/ˈlaɪbl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they libel | /ˈlaɪbl/ /ˈlaɪbl/ |
| he / she / it libels | /ˈlaɪblz/ /ˈlaɪblz/ |
| past simple libelled | /ˈlaɪbld/ /ˈlaɪbld/ |
| past participle libelled | /ˈlaɪbld/ /ˈlaɪbld/ |
| (US English) past simple libeled | /ˈlaɪbld/ /ˈlaɪbld/ |
| (US English) past participle libeled | /ˈlaɪbld/ /ˈlaɪbld/ |
| -ing form libelling | /ˈlaɪblɪŋ/ /ˈlaɪblɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form libeling | /ˈlaɪblɪŋ/ /ˈlaɪblɪŋ/ |
- libel somebody to publish a written statement about somebody that is not true
- She claimed she had been libelled in an article the magazine had published.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the general sense ‘a document, a written statement’): via Old French from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber ‘book’.Want to learn more?
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